Baby Mugging Goes Viral

And So It Begins

The "Baby Mugging" trend, which basically consists of holding a mug in front of your baby or toddler and snapping a photo, started with this pic from a blogger named Ilana who runs a site called Mommy Shorts. It was her way of providing a smile after the Boston Marathon tragedy... and it has gone big. "Typically, I am terrible with expressing myself in a tragedy. I am always so worried about saying the wrong thing that my sentiments sound canned and generic," she wrote on her blog. So, instead of writing, she said she was doing something different instead. "If you want a simple smile, I'm posting babies in mugs." Now, the #babymugging tag is all over Instagram, and there's even a site dedicated to the practice. Here, some of our favorites...